Sounds like a right Billy Big Time to me. Regardless of whether he has the potential or not, he'll clearly never be as good as he thinks he is. Sonny Bill Williams and Sam Tomkins aren't as good as Curt seems to think he is.

He's been on Twitter like he's a massive deal too. At some point, he'll come back down to earth with a massive thump.

I agree to a point but he says he didn't know why he wasn't playing which is a concern. I'd expect every player who's not in the team to understand what they need to do to make the 1st team and he's insinuating nobody told him.

He's a great prospect and let's be honest, at that age having a few NRL clubs after you is going to give your self confidence a huge boost...rightly or not.

Good luck to him and let's hope if/when he comes back to super league that we are in a position to get him back.

I suspect that's highly unlikely. He seems to be burning his bridges from our side of it, and you get the feeling that if it isn't Wigan, Warrington or Leeds coming banging on his door, on their knees, he wouldn't entertain it.

I'm sure it's been mentioned that we are likely to have an agreement in place with him due to releasing him from his contract, that we have first refusal should he return. You never know by the time that happens there could be a new coach in place and all this is forgotten.

My bigger concern is this isn't the only article we've seen, or rumour we've heard that players are falling out with Cummins. Is there a culture he's dealing with or a man management problem.

Nice to see he can finally be honest 12,000 miles away?

Did he think FC was going to drop Kearney to make room for him?

Kearney missed quite a few games last season and FC played Foster at fullback. Obviously FC did not think Naughton was ready for the first team, and I agree. Look at Jamie Shaul over at Hull - only just breaking into the first team setup and he is 3 years older than Curtis.
But despite that, Naughton claims he had no idea why he wasn't being picked, which as someone else has suggested this is a bit of a concern. Unless he's making stuff up, which I wouldn't rule out tbh.

At the end of the day we've lost a cracking prospect at least two years earlier than we contractually should have done. I can see us eventually playing Kear at FB once Brett moves on, which can't be that far away in all honesty. It's a shame Naughton couldn't see further than his immediate future, I suspect he would have been our first choice fullback within the next 2 or 3 years and now instead he will be playing in the aussie reserves with pretty much zero chance of making the first team. I will be amazed if we see Curtis in the first team even once during his current 2 year contract with them.

Trouble is will he start badmouthing Trent Robinson when he doesn`t drop Minicello?
Why does he have to start badmouthing and say the story re his mother was a scam!!
I hope I`m wrong because he was a good prospect but I think he could be trouble and upset other players. Just watched the Slammin Sam video, I think he ought to watch it and see what not only a great player Sam is but also how he conducts himself.

Cocky git. Sounds like we are well rid.

Well, as everyone knows, the best time to play anybody is when they're around 18 - you might as well get the best out of them whilst they still know everything..

If it had been someone like Heath L'Estrange, or a similarly humble type of bloke, I'd say there may be a problem.

As it happens, the two that have had fall outs with Franny are Whitehead & Naughton. Both of whom, certainly on Twitter and in this press article, talk like they have some sort of god given right to play every week and act how they like.

Without knowing one way or the other, as I'm far from in the know on this, it seems very much like it's this "If I don't get my way...." culture that's being dealt with.

If someone like Heath, Chev Walker or James Donaldson comes out and says they've fallen out with the management and been treated badly, I might start believing something is up. While it's the Billy Big Time players, I'm not convinced that's the case.

Cummins said repeatedly that he wanted a certain attitude and mentality in place, and if you don't fall in with that, you're welcome to go elsewhere. That's very much what it seems like with Whitehead & Naughton.

Agree he does come across as been very cocky and full of himself, doesn't seem like he was big enough to give his real reasons for leaving while still here.Agreed he looks a good player but to be so full of himself after one game is worrying,He states the academy is like a under 19s competition, wonder if that's cos it actually is a under 19s competition.Very good point made about how Sam Burgess conducts himself,somebody has a lot to learn.My lad has also played one Super League and if he acted like this I would give him a clip round his lug hole

Ironically, I was explicitly told by a players' relative and separately someone in the press at the London game [I think] that - at the time - a few players didn't quite see eye to eye with Cummins, one being Sammut and the other L'Estrange. And that Heath wouldn't be given the captaincy either, joint or otherwise.

I also duly used my best forum etiquette and dumped it on here asap! (Early September, I'm unsure which thread though)

Played against your lad once a couple of years ago. Came across as a bit arrogant BUT I strongly believe that it was a ploy to put us off our game and get involved aggressively (worked on one of our players tbh haha) but a few of my mates know him personally and have said he's a good lad. As long as he keeps grounded he will be a quality player and now that the other young fella has gone off to the NRL things can only get better for your lad

Who else has gone to NRL from Leeds?